Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana

[amorrow28]

 

I made a basic* mod for Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (tested with the Steam release) using 3DMigoto.  Ys VIII is a Falcom game, from the same folks who make the amazing Legend of Heroes (Eiyuu Densetsu, aka Trails / Kiseki) games. All the mods are ported from @coomi’s mods, huge thank you to coomi!

 

UPDATED VERSION 1.1 HERE, available in either native IT3 format or 3dmigoto format - https://www.loverslab.com/topic/201999-ys-viii-lacrimosa-of-dana/?do=findComment&comment=3966339

 

Ys8_Mod_1.0_with_3Dmigoto_1_3_16.7z - OBSOLETE

 

Put all the files in the same folder as ys8.exe.  F1 for help, F2 to turn costume mods on and off.

 

*This is full nude mod for Dana and Laxia only.  The castaway village is now the bottomless village (partial nude), mostly because I'm lazy.  Laxia has a bottomless version to match the villagers (press F6 to toggle) and Dana has version with her ribbons etc on top of her nude body (press F5 to toggle).

 

If you have controller issues, try:

 

1. Disabling Steam Overlay

 

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2. Disabling Steam Input

 

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Notes:

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This game is a nightmare to mod.  First, the way the game uses GPU buffers is very strange, with lots of extra semantics (and VEC4 position / normals) that will not load properly into Blender.  I managed to come up with a workaround, but lots of manual scripting / hex editing was needed to finish the mods.  I really thought this game used the same engine as Cold Steel, but it's different - it doesn't even use the same coordinate system.

 

Luckily I was able to make full nudes for Laxia and Dana, who are the only playable women anyway, as they had meshes with access to enough of the skeleton that had skin shaders.  The skeleton is also very different from the trails games with a very different bind pose, making porting very difficult to get decent looking bodies because they distort a lot.  I spent hours on just the fingers!  They no longer look like a gangster just crushed them, but they do not look great.

 

Finally, the animations in this game are not very good, especially for Laxia.  It might seem like I did a bad job with the elbows for example, but if you look at her regular outfit, the same distortions are there, just hidden by cloth.  I think it's because these models are missing elbow joints (similar to CS1), they just fold the arm and forearm together, something they fixed in CS3.

 

Anyway, since it took me so long to do Laxia and Dana, I made a decision not to mod NPCs at all.  But then I realized that I could do bottomless mods in less than half the time (more like 25% of the time and effort of full nude).  This worked out well, because unlike the Trails games, the NPCs have a different buffer build compared to the PCs, and it is not possible to get good looking nudes for them anyway.  They don't have skin shaders at all; I do not know how the game engine is deciding to apply materials, so I made a lot of compromises to get most of them bottomless.  Also most of the villagers did not have access to enough weight groups for full nudes anyway.  One doesn't even have a submesh with skin and good weight groups at all, I had to build her mod from a skirt mesh.  It looks like she is wearing pantyhose.

 

Finally, I know some will complain about 3DMigoto.  There are no repack tools for this game engine, however, and even the unpack tools are very unfinished (although mostly accurate).  As of right now, 3DMigoto is the only way I know of to mod this game.

 

My other Falcom mods:

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Ys 9: https://www.loverslab.com/topic/221518-ys-ix-monstrum-nox/

CS1: https://www.loverslab.com/topic/197070-trails-of-cold-steel-1-and-2-mods/?do=findComment&comment=3865635
CS2: https://www.loverslab.com/topic/197070-trails-of-cold-steel-1-and-2-mods/?do=findComment&comment=3873285
CS3: https://www.loverslab.com/topic/141087-trails-of-cold-steel-3-mod-request/?do=findComment&comment=3739497
CS4: https://www.loverslab.com/topic/166239-trails-of-cold-steel-4-mod-request/?do=findComment&comment=3734745
Trails into Reverie: https://www.loverslab.com/topic/214803-trails-into-reverie-nis-america-english-language-release/?do=findComment&comment=4133803
Hajimari no Kiseki: https://www.loverslab.com/topic/175040-hajimari-no-kiseki-mods/?do=findComment&comment=3743322
Kuro no Kiseki: https://www.loverslab.com/topic/194614-kuro-no-kiseki-mod/?do=findComment&comment=3854533
Kuro no Kiseki 2: https://www.loverslab.com/topic/204513-kuro-no-kiseki-2-mod/?do=findComment&comment=3989501
Tokyo Xanadu eX+: https://www.loverslab.com/topic/191860-tokyo-xanadu-ex-mods/

 

Enjoy!

Edited April 17 by amorrow28

[孫悟空]

That's great!Looking forward to other girls mods!

[孫悟空]

Thank you for your work.

[SirDoge]

Any chance for a addon/version that keeps theyr accesories on ,maybe topless version ?

[amorrow28]

2 hours ago, SirDoge said:

Any chance for a addon/version that keeps theyr accesories on ,maybe topless version ?

 

You mean like this?

 

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Variants for the nude mods are already included!  ?

[amorrow28]

Index of my tutorials over on the CS4 thread for those new to modding:

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My first post linking to Fairy Tail mod video and how I adapted for CS4:
https://www.loverslab.com/topic/166239-trails-of-cold-steel-4-mod-request/?do=findComment&comment=3730952
How to edit existing mods (and how to setup Blender):
https://www.loverslab.com/topic/166239-trails-of-cold-steel-4-mod-request/?do=findComment&comment=3757792
How to get a model into Blender (basic modding part 1):
https://www.loverslab.com/topic/166239-trails-of-cold-steel-4-mod-request/?do=findComment&comment=3767886
How to get a mod back into the game (basic modding part 2):
https://www.loverslab.com/topic/166239-trails-of-cold-steel-4-mod-request/?do=findComment&comment=3771501
How to work with textures in CS4:
https://www.loverslab.com/topic/166239-trails-of-cold-steel-4-mod-request/?do=findComment&comment=3779614

How to work with weights:
https://www.loverslab.com/topic/166239-trails-of-cold-steel-4-mod-request/?do=findComment&comment=3786873

 

 

Here is a script for parsing the 3DMigoto output for anyone who wants to mod this game.  Latest version is always at my GitHub.

 

Upload replaced 8/27/23.

 

Ys8_FrameDumpTool.zip

 

 

How to use:
 

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Put vb_ys8dump.py and lib_fmtibvb.py in your frame dump folder and run vb_ys8dump.py.  It will go through all the files and attempt to convert the output into files that can be imported into Blender.  Everything will be deposited into the output folder.  It will output raw buffers (.ib/.vb/.fmt), NOT frame analysis dump files (.txt), so be sure to choose raw buffers when importing.  You also need a modified version of DarkStarSword's amazing Blender plugin that allows for Vec4 position and normal data (included in the attached download).

 

If you're not familiar with using Blender and 3DMigoto, please see my prior tutorials.  You can start here.  (Where it says to use vb_merge.py, use vb_ys8dump.py instead.  Where it says to import frame analysis dump, import raw buffers instead.)  When importing the buffers, change the orientation to Y-forward, Z-up.

 

When importing back into the game, the .ib/.vb files can be used directly and do not need to be split like Cold Steel.  Just make an .ini file with VB stride of 88 and IB format of R32_UINT, like this:
 

[Resource_Model_MyMod_VB]
type = Buffer
stride = 88
filename = MyMod.vb

[Resource_Model_MyMod_IB]
type = Buffer
format = R32_UINT
filename = MyMod.ib

[ResourceReplaceTextureMyMod00]
filename = MyMod.dds

[TextureOverride_MyMod]
hash = xxxxxxxx
ps-t0 = ResourceReplaceTextureMyMod00
vb0 = Resource_Model_MyMod_VB
ib = Resource_Model_MyMod_IB
handling = skip
drawindexed = auto

 

For texture replacement, Ys VIII uses DXT10 format (BC7 UNORM, no mipmaps).  If you are using Paint.NET, set your DDS export to match this:

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT: If you would like VGMaps and a skeleton to bind to, I have some tools at my GitHub.  I was hoping to make and import/export tool but the game crashes with my import tool, so I am giving up on that project for now.  But the exporter works fine for obtaining vgmaps and skeleton which can be used for 3DMigoto modding, see my tutorial here in the Kuro no Kiseki thread.

 

Enjoy!  As always, if you create something you like, I hope you share!

Edited August 27, 2023 by amorrow28

[liliya kotik]

That's great! Thank you very much for another masterpiece mod from you.

[pichucandy]

Truly the MVP of falcom games. Wonder if YS IX can be modded the same way.

[SirDoge]

13 hours ago, amorrow28 said:

 

You mean like this?

 

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Variants for the nude mods are already included!  ?

Wow ok,don't know why I even asked,ofc you included,bless you.

[Goraikou]

Congrats for making the first nude mod for an Ys game! lol

 

It was about time somebody tackled this Falcom series considering how much Trails was getting, so better late than never. Btw, I hope you plan on doing the same for Ys IX, it uses the same engine as Ys VIII (an internal engine named Yamaneko) but the PC port is a lot more polished, so it might be easier?

[amorrow28]

I have no current plans for Ys IX and I do not take requests, I only mod games I am currently playing. I’m not even done with this game, I’m still at the start of chapter 5. I’ll eventually release an update, since I released this mod when I was still in chapter 2.

 

Having said that, it’s a reasonable bet that I’ll play and mod Ys9 eventually… I’ve modded CS1-4, Hajimari, Kuro, Tokyo Xanadu and Ys8 after all. ?

 

EDIT: My Ys IX mod is here.

Edited April 17 by amorrow28

[Goraikou]

7 hours ago, amorrow28 said:

I have no current plans for Ys IX and I do not take requests, I only mod games I am currently playing. I’m not even done with this game, I’m still at the start of chapter 5. I’ll eventually release an update, since I released this mod when I was still in chapter 2.

 

Having said that, it’s a reasonable bet that I’ll play and mod Ys9 eventually… I’ve modded CS1-4, Hajimari, Kuro, Tokyo Xanadu and Ys8 after all. ?

Take your time, the games are great! Also in case you didn't know, the PS Vita, Switch, and PS5 versions of Ys VIII have lots of costumes for the characters that never made it to the PC version.

 

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Fortunately, someone made a mod that puts back all of them (except for 2 that are still exclusive to PS5) to the PC version so try it out if you're interested, and maybe it can inspire people to make mods around these costumes.

Edited December 19, 2022 by Goraikou

[amorrow28]

On 12/18/2022 at 3:53 PM, Goraikou said:

Take your time, the games are great! Also in case you didn't know, the PS Vita, Switch, and PS5 versions of Ys VIII have lots of costumes for the characters that never made it to the PC version.

 

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Fortunately, someone made a mod that puts back all of them (except for 2 that are still exclusive to PS5) to the PC version so try it out if you're interested, and maybe it can inspire people to make mods around these costumes.

 

Thank you for posting that, I was unaware of that mod!

[amorrow28]

 

Free camera for Ys8!  This is for the NISA North American release (Steam, Nov 2022 update).  Thanks as always to Cyber for the original free camera movement algorithm.

 

New version 1.1 here: https://www.loverslab.com/topic/201999-ys-viii-lacrimosa-of-dana/?do=findComment&comment=3990406

 

Ys8_Free_Camera.CT - OBSOLETE

 

Features:

• Force Pause Animation - Insert key to turn on, Delete key to turn off - this completely pauses the game! Check the box before trying to use. As currently implemented, free camera cannot be activated while the game is paused.
• Hide HUD/Minimap
• Unlock tilt
• Set Custom Camera Distance (FOV) - Home key to zoom in, end key to zoom out. Check the box before trying to use
• Free Camera - press NumPad 0 to activate. See instructions below on how to navigate.  Does not work during force pause or cutscenes.
• Camera coordinates - mostly informational.

How to use:
 

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These are cheat tables for use with Cheat Engine (link).  Cheat engine comes with a bunch of garbage apps, please read VERY CAREFULLY when installing and do not install the extra apps!  (You can also get cheat engine without adware via Dark Byte's Patreon, or by building CE yourself from source code using Lazarus.)  If you've never used Cheat Engine, I put basic instructions on loading a table here in the Kuro no Kiseki thread.

 

Free Camera Controls:

Hotkey : Num 0 (Toggle On/Off)

 

Num 8 : Forward
Num 5 : Backward
Num 4 : Left
Num 6 : Right
Num - : Up
Num + : Down

 

Arrow Up : Tilt Up
Arrow Down : Tilt Down
Arrow Right : Pan Left
Arrow Left : Pan Right

 

F1 : Decrease Camera Speed (Press and Hold)
F2 : Double Camera Speed (Press and Hold)
F3 : Quadruple Camera Speed (Press and Hold)

 

 

Some notes:

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Sorry, it's not fully complete, and probably never will be complete.  The engine is a little finicky and refuses to cooperate with me.  Also, I'm just not as motivated to work on this, I'd rather play the game...  But it works well enough that I thought I'd release it.  The arrow keys don't work properly (left key pans right and right key pans left), but when I assign them correctly, pan locks for some reason.  The mouse works fine to look around though.  Also, I couldn't figure out a way to release the camera during force pause without also unpausing the game.

 

Here are all my other free camera scripts:  Trails of Cold Steel (CS) 1, CS2, CS3, Hajimari no Kiseki, Kuro no Kiseki, Kuro no Kiseki 2, Tokyo Xanadu eX+, Atelier Ryza, Atelier Ryza 2.  I also made a MinZ (*cough* upskirt) script for CS4.

 

Enjoy!

Edited February 3, 2023 by amorrow28

[Goraikou]

Thanks for making this! I've tried making a freecam cheat table for Ys 8 and 9 before but I had a very rough time and couldn't get it to work like I wanted.

Edited December 31, 2022 by Goraikou

[amorrow28]

38 minutes ago, Goraikou said:

Thanks for making this! I've tried making a freecam cheat table for Ys 8 and 9 before but I had a very rough time and couldn't get it to work like I wanted.

You're welcome! And don't give up, getting it working even a bit is a big success, even if it's not to where you want it to be. Cheat engine has an incredibly steep learning curve!

[Titan_707]

Nude mod doesn't work with Laxia for me

 

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Edited January 5, 2023 by Titan_707

[amorrow28]

2 hours ago, Titan_707 said:

Nude mod doesn't work with Laxia for me

 

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It replaces the default costume.

[amorrow28]

 

As promised, here is an update to my mod for Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (tested with the Steam release) using 3DMigoto.  It's a small update, with Dana's Gratika and Luminous forms, Nia's alt, and the final castaway.

 

4/16/24 UPDATE:  An IT3 version is now available!

 

Ys8_Mod_1.1_with_3Dmigoto_1_3_16.7z

 

Ys8_Mod_1.1_IT3_version.7z

 

There are now two versions, one that provides modified IT3 files for the game engine, and one that uses 3DMigoto to modify the GPU assets in real time.  Most players should use the IT3 files.  You do not need both.

Advantages of the IT3 file version:

• Easiest install
• No hash collisions leading to unintentional costume modification (one costume mod affecting an unrelated character's / monster's model etc)
• Support for Steam Deck / Linux (and probably PS4, and possibly PS Vita and Nintendo Switch, all untested)
• Unaffected by Steam Overlay and Steam Input.

 

Advantages of the 3DMigoto version:

• Mod can be turned on and off at the tap of a button (Press F2 to turn on and off, F1 for help)
• Dana and Laxia can be changed at the tap of a button.  F5 changes Dana between fully nude and partially clothed, and F6 changes Laxia between fully nude and bottomless.  The castaway village remains the bottomless village (partial nude).
• No files in the game install are overwritten

 

How to use:
Download the version of your choice, and copy the files into your Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana folder.  The default location is {Steam}\steamapps\common\Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana if you have the Steam version of the game.  For the IT3 version of the game only: if you want to use the fully nude version of Dana and Laxia, overwrite the default modded IT3 files with the provided alternates.

 

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For those using 3DMigoto: (instructions for gamepad problems)
 

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If your controller doesn't work with 3DMigoto, try:

 

1. Disable Steam Overlay

 

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2. Disable Steam Input

 

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Notes:

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There are a TON of hash collisions in this game, and all sorts of textures are missing, etc, because so many objects in the game share hashes.  I did my best to avoid the worst; in one example if I had to choose between one monster missing half its body or a key NPC missing her head - I chose the monster to be broken.  This is a limitation of 3DMigoto.  I looked a little into building an unpack/repack tool, but I just didn't have the motivation to research and write one.  Honestly this is one of my lazier mods, I know, but I couldn't stop playing the game enough to work on modding it.  This game is truly amazing, and if you haven't played this game, you definitely owe it to yourself to play it!

 

Update: Obviously I ended up writing the unpack/repack tool.  Huge thank you to the folks on the Kiseki Modding Discord for helping me tackle the IT3 format!

 

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Dana forever!

 

 

Enjoy!

Edited April 17 by amorrow28

[amorrow28]

 

Here is an update to the camera script!  (EDIT: Upload replaced for small bug fix with force pause.)

 

Ys8_Free_Camera_1.1.1.CT

 

New features:

• Free camera can now be used in cutscenes, and while forced pause is active

How to use:
 

Quote

These are cheat tables for use with Cheat Engine (link).  Cheat engine comes with a bunch of garbage apps, please read VERY CAREFULLY when installing and do not install the extra apps!  (You can also get cheat engine without adware via Dark Byte's Patreon, or by building CE yourself from source code using Lazarus.)  If you've never used Cheat Engine, I put basic instructions on loading a table here in the Kuro no Kiseki thread.

 

Features:

• Force Pause Animation - Insert key to turn on, Delete key to turn off - this completely pauses the game! Check the box before trying to use.
• Hide HUD/Minimap - Hides most of the interface.
• Unlock tilt - Increases allowed angle to +/- 89.5 degrees.
• Set Custom Camera Distance (FOV) - Home key to zoom in, end key to zoom out. Check the box before trying to use.
• Free Camera - press NumPad 0 to activate. See instructions below on how to navigate.
• Camera coordinates - mostly informational.

Free Camera Controls:

Hotkey : Num 0 (Toggle On/Off)

 

Num 8 : Forward
Num 5 : Backward
Num 4 : Left
Num 6 : Right
Num - : Up
Num + : Down

 

Arrow keys are still inverted, I can't figure out what the issue is.  Just use the mouse to look around instead.

Arrow Up : Tilt Up
Arrow Down : Tilt Down
Arrow Right : Pan Left
Arrow Left : Pan Right

 

F1 : Decrease Camera Speed (Press and Hold)
F2 : Double Camera Speed (Press and Hold)
F3 : Quadruple Camera Speed (Press and Hold)

 

Here are all my other free camera scripts:  Trails of Cold Steel (CS) 1, CS2, CS3, Hajimari no Kiseki, Kuro no Kiseki, Kuro no Kiseki 2, Tokyo Xanadu eX+, Atelier Ryza, Atelier Ryza 2.  I also made a MinZ (*cough* upskirt) script for CS4.

 

Enjoy!

Edited February 4, 2023 by amorrow28

[amorrow28]

Free camera upload above replaced to fix a small bug with force pause.

[Whayameen]

Hey all, Falcom Screenshot Guy here. This time I'm bringing a compilation of Ys 8 screens! There are mild spoilers throughout the album. I recommend not downloading if you're interested in the game and want to go completely blind. And as always, massive thanks to @amorrow28 for being a fucking wizard and bringing all these scripts for us for free and @coomi for the nude models that just keep on giving. Anyway, without further ado:

 

YScreens - Lacrimosa of DANA.rar

 

If you're hungry for more Falcom waifus, check out my albums for Cold Steel 3, Cold Steel 4 and Hajimari!
That's it for now, see you next time.
 

[amorrow28]

15 hours ago, Whayameen said:

Hey all, Falcom Screenshot Guy here. This time I'm bringing a compilation of Ys 8 screens! There are mild spoilers throughout the album. I recommend not downloading if you're interested in the game and want to go completely blind. And as always, massive thanks to @amorrow28 for being a fucking wizard and bringing all these scripts for us for free and @coomi for the nude models that just keep on giving. Anyway, without further ado:

 

YScreens - Lacrimosa of DANA.rar 115.77 MB · 44 downloads

 

If you're hungry for more Falcom waifus, check out my albums for Cold Steel 3, Cold Steel 4 and Hajimari!
That's it for now, see you next time.
 

 

You've done it again!  Everyone should check these screens out.  (Actually, PLAY THE GAME FIRST, don't spoil the game for yourself...  but admittedly the spoilers are very mild.)

 

I was wondering what you were going to do here, honestly, but you managed to pull out a nice transition with the use of the nude variants!  Thanks for doing what Falcom did not (grr double towel).
 

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One of my biggest gripes with Falcom is the lack of facial animations / expressions out in the field.  I literally was not able to take any good screenshots of the luminous / gratika forms.  I'm impressed with your clever framing to get around this!  (Not to mention just plain dramatic shots!)

 

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Even Adol can't resist a glance...  ?  I think I enjoy your implied story sequences more than anything in all your screenshot series!

 

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We're not worthy!

[stanley19760824]

Thx for your effort?

[xlegendgame]

can you or have you some time for making nudes mods for ys ix monstrum nox

Edited March 1, 2023 by xlegendgame